Marcel Gauthier
Union Cemetery
Alyssa Erin Blaylock,
our little angel, as I run
a circle around the dead.
The name breathes
into my stride.
But its rhythm is like stones.
And I can't imagine dying
so young. I can't imagine
dying. I can't. Not
even here.
Bio
Marcel Gauthier received his MFA in Poetry from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he was a Randall Jarrell Fellow. A recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, he has been most recently published in Poet Lore, The Louisville Review, 2River View and the Southeast Review. A lifelong educator, he lives with his family in Salt Lake City and is currently the Assistant Head of School at the Waterford School in Sandy.